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  <div class="calibre9"></div><h2 id="book_view" class="calibre5">Book View</h2>

  <p class="h2subheading">— WYSIWYG Editing —</p>

  <p class="calibre1">Book View (or WYSIWYG mode – what you see is what you get) is one of two ways you can edit your book in Sigil. Book View is how most people edit their book when they start to use Sigil since it is the closest to a standard word processor. Its a good way to make basic changes to your book when you aren’t too concerned about the underlying HTML code. However, when you want more control over the format of your EPUB or to use Sigil’s advanced features then you can use Code View.</p>

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    <p class="tiptext">Book View is only an approximation of what your book will look like – you need to test your book on your target ereaders.</p>
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  <p class="calibre1">Switch to Book View by clicking the Book View button <img alt="" src="../Images/view-book_22px.png" class="calibre7"/>, selecting the menu item <span class="shortcut">View→Book View</span> or its keyboard shortcut:</p>

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  <p class="calibre1">As you can see, the text and images are displayed on the screen as they would be on your ereader. You can edit, delete or add any text you want in the editor.</p>

  <p class="calibre1">When you apply formatting in Book View, Sigil will do its best to apply the formatting you intended. However, in some cases it may not look exactly as you want. You can undo the change, and then try to re-format the text. But if you want to make sure the formatting is exactly the way you want it, you will need to use Code View. You can switch between Book View and Code View at any time since they are just two views of the same page. Your current paragraph position will be remembered.</p>

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    <p class="tiptext">You can toggle between Book View and Code View by using the keyboard shortcut <span class="menuitem">F2</span> or by double-clicking on the current tab’s name.</p>
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  <p class="calibre1">Certain features in Sigil are only available in Code View. For instance Spellchecking and the Search Editor can only be used in Code View, and Find &amp; Replace will automatically switch you to Code View if you try to replace text, or do a find across all HTML files.</p>

  <h3 class="sigilnotintoc">Formatting</h3>

  <p class="calibre1">All of the buttons on the <a href="../Text/user_interface.html#formatting_toolbar">formatting toolbar</a> are available for you to use.</p>

  <h3 class="sigilnotintoc">Context Menu</h3>

  <p class="calibre1">The Book View right-click context menu includes a number of useful features.</p>

  <p class="calibre1">Right-click on an image to see these options:</p>

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    <li class="calibre4"><span class="listheading">Open Tab For "<i class="calibre10">imagename"</i>:</span> Open the image tab for the image.</li>

    <li class="calibre4"><span class="listheading">Open With:</span> Open the image in an <a href="../Text/external_editors.html">External Editor</a>.</li>

    <li class="calibre4"><span class="listheading">Save As:</span> Save the image to a selected location on your computer.</li>

    <li class="calibre4"><span class="listheading">Copy Image:</span> Copy the image so you can paste it into another application.</li>
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    Right-click on text to see options for:
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      <li class="calibre4"><span class="listheading">Clips:</span> Any <a href="../Text/clips.html">Clips</a> you have defined will be available here.</li>

      <li class="calibre4"><span class="listheading">Add To Clips:</span> Add the selected text to your Clips.</li>

      <li class="calibre4"><span class="listheading">Insert File:</span> Insert image, video, or audio files into your page from your book or computer.</li>

      <li class="calibre4"><span class="listheading">Inspect Element:</span> Open the Preview window if not opened so you can use right-click in Preview to select Inspect Element to see how styles are applied to your text.</li>
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      The standard text menu items are also available:
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      <li class="calibre4">Undo</li>

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